Saturday, March 25, 2017

In Live by Night, Ben Affleck both directed and starred as Prohibition Era bootlegger and gangster 'Joe Coughlin' in the adaptation of Dennis Lehane's 2012 crime novel of the same name. Ben Affleck's wide-shouldered, double-breasted suits and fedora hats help create the look of the Boston-bred monster who moves to Tampa, Florida to turn his back on his strict police father upbringing and make his mark on the criminal underworld.

Original movie costumes from Live by Night

Jacqueline West was Costume Designer on this period crime drama and this selection from the film's 1920s-inspired wardrobe was photographed on display at Downtown L.A.'s FIDM Museum on February 8, 2017.

You can also see another exhibit of Live by Night movie costumes worn by Ben Affleck and Chris Messina on display at ArcLight Hollywood cinema back in December 2016.

Apparently the costume designer thinks Ben Affleck has the best shoulders in the business with his superhero physique of wide shoulders and slim waist, perfect for the zoot suit styles of the time period.

In the film Sienna Miller plays 'Emma Gould', the mistress of a notorious Irish gangster in Boston, who Joe falls for. She wears this glittering, hand-sequined flapper dress and opulent white fur stole for a lavish party scene in the movie.

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

In 2016's Coen Brothers comedy Hail, Caesar!, Josh Brolin stars as 'Eddie Mannix', a Hollywood film industry 'fixer' to the stars in the 1950s who is tasked to find George Clooney's actor 'Baird Whitlock' when he is seemingly kidnapped (by Communists) during the production of a film studio's major production set in ancient times Hail, Caesar! A Tale of the Christ.

Original film costumes from Hail, Caesar!

These fabulous screen-used costumes from the 1950s-set film were designed by Mary Zophres and were photographed on display at Downtown L.A.'s FIDM Museum on February 8, 2017.

Hail, Caesar! movie poster

Mary Zophres was also nominated for an Oscar this year for her La La Land movie costumes, so be sure to click through and check them out too.

Baird Whitlock's Roman Centurion costume

worn by George Clooney in Hail, Caesar!

When rehearsing his Roman epic Baird is drugged when he drinks from a goblet of wine and is abducted by a group calling themselves 'The Future', a Communist cell mostly comprised of Hollywood writers working in the motion picture industry.

No stranger to dancing having made his name alongside his wife in the Step Up movie and as a stripper in Magic Mike, Channing Tatum stars as 'Burt Gurney' an actor starring as a sailor who performs a spectacular dance number in a musical comedy film.

Saturday, March 18, 2017

In Tom Ford's second directorial outing, Amy Adams plays a wealthy L.A. art gallery owner whose life is changed when she reads her ex-husband's book manuscript, a violent thriller that she interprets as symbolic revenge tale, which forces her to reassess her unhappy, narcissistic existence. In the novel Aaron Taylor Johnson is 'Ray Marcus', one of the redneck troublemakers that terrorise a man's family as they drive along the highway at night, whilst Michael Shannon plays 'Detective Bobby Andes' who helps the grieving husband and father after the deadly attack.

Original film costumes from Nocturnal Animals

Arianne Phillips was Costume Designer on the psychological thriller based on Austin Wright's 1993 novel Tony and Susan, but the director was insistent that none of his own designer fashion was used at all in the movie.

This opulent wardrobe worn by Amy Adams along with Michael Shannon and Aaron Taylor Johnson's outfits were photographed on display at Downtown L.A.'s FIDM Museum on February 8, 2017.